Ridley, Philip
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Birth Date
- 1964-12-29
Birth Place
- East End (London, England)
Associated Language
- English
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Sources
- found: His Dakota of the White Flats, 1991:CIP t.p. (Philip Ridley) galley (English novelist)
- found: IMDb, Oct. 27, 2009(Philip Ridley; b. Dec. 29, 1964, London, England)
- found: Karagula, 2016:title page (Philip Ridley)
- found: Wikipedia, via WWW, February 1, 2017(Philip Ridley; Philip Ridley (born 29 December 1964 in East London) is an English storyteller working in a wide range of artistic media; in the visual arts he has been cited as a contemporary to the "Young British Artists," and has exhibited his work internationally; as a novelist he has created fiction for both children and adults, and has had particular success and recognition as a children's author; in the world of cinema he is perhaps best known for his award winning screenplay for the 1990 film The Krays, a biopic about the Kray twins which was directed by Peter Medak; as a film-maker in his own right he is recognised for creating a loose trilogy of horror films--The Reflecting Skin, The Passion of Darkly Noon and Heartless--for which he has acquired a cult following; as a playwright he has been cited as a pioneer of "In-yer-face theatre," with his debut play The Pitchfork Disney considered to be a seminal work in the development of the style, and has also been dubbed "the key play" of the 1990s; he is also known as the creator of an ongoing series of plays for young people (The Storyteller Sequence) and has written theatrical works for children and family audiences; as a songwriter he has created songs for his cinematic and theatrical works, frequently collaborating with composer Nick Bicat; Ridley is also a poet, photographer, and performance artist and has written drama for radio) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Ridley;
LC Classification
- PR6068.I292
Change Notes
- 1990-07-23: new
- 2017-02-10: revised
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